godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on
• to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture
• to understand; to grasp; to comprehend

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to buy; to purchase - in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.
• to value; to have a high opinion
• to stir; to provoke; to draw upon oneself

godan ~す verb:

• to exhaust; to run out
• to devote; to serve (a person); to befriend

auxiliary verb:

• to do to exhaustion

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange
• to tie; to bind; to fasten; to make (a fence)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to boast; to brag
• to recite (a song or poem to oneself)
• to bark; to roar; to howl

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to pulverize; to break into pieces ➜ 粉々になる【こなごなになる】
• to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush; to destroy - idiom

noun:

• rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• running errands; going on errands
• (transaction of) business; going about one's business
• doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
• purveying; purveyor - esp. 用達 ➜ 御用達

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way
• to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

adverb:

• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - emph. form of 一体 - four character idiom

godan ~る verb:

• to pledge; to vow; to promise; to swear
• to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

noun:

• reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter

noun:

• ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. a whole day, including matinee and evening performances); season ticket; through ticket [literal] ➜ 通し切符

expression:

• if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret - from a quote by Confucius - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hear; to be told; to know - humble language
• to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)

adjective:

• low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) Antonym: 高い・高い
• low (position); close to the ground
• short (height)
• deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾国傾城

noun:

• ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck
• something strange or suspicious
• idiot; fool
• noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

noun:

• preface; introduction ➜ 前置き
• lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up
• payment in advance (by bank transfer) - abbreviation ➜ 前振込み
• swinging (one's body) forward

noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• gratuitous scene inserted in a narrative (in anime, etc.); scene designed purely to excite or titillate the viewer - From English "service cut"

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国【けいせいけいこく】

noun / ~する noun:

• being bombed
• being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast) ➜ 被曝